Retirement marks the beginning of a completely new phase in life. While some welcome this with open arms and are happy to have more time available for themselves and their life's dreams, others could continue working for years to come. But who actually says that you have to choose one of the two options? Working after retirement: how does it work? Implenia's Senior Expert Pool […]

“The goal is clear: We aim to achieve zero accidents at work and have an unconditional commitment to occupational safety,” explains Felix Akeret. At the same time, Implenia’s top safety chief knows that putting this into practice remains a challenge, especially given the constant pressure on time and costs at construction sites. “I worked as a project leader for a long time […]

Andrea, how do you get an organisation to learn and train? I work with the widest possible network of colleagues and support them with my expertise. Safety is just one field in which regular training is essential. For example, I work with those responsible to look for ways to fix what people have learned in their heads even after training is finished. My background as an […]

Record low accidents figures for years: how do you do it? Walter Wolf: Safety at work is our top priority, and has been for many years, with top management setting the pace and driving the safety agenda hard. Our safety officer Jörg Häller keeps very close tabs on things. We don’t compromise on safety; it is non-negotiable. Safety is more important than profit, more important […]

Since early September, 630 staff have been commuting to Implenia Connect in Ambassador House, in Opfikon’s Glattpark, just a few hundred meters outside Zurich's city limits. The new headquarters bring together the four Zurich sites of Switzerland’s largest construction and real estate service provider under one roof for the first time, and are designed specifically to make […]

In the case of Unterfeld Süd, the project team deliberately dispensed with the submission of physical records such as paper plans and plaster models and instead asked the participating teams to provide a stage-appropriate, digital 3D model with their final submission. The digital competition goes hand in hand with Implenia’s strategy of expanding its use of digital […]

It is a demanding tunnel and specialist underground engineering project: In Cessy, France, Implenia is building an underground network of tunnels that connects to the existing tunnel of the CERN particle accelerator. Access to the tunnels is provided via an 80-metre-deep shaft. As well as five buildings on the surface, the team is building a 46-metre-long cavern at the foot of […]

“Reality capture” is one of those new digital technologies that insiders have been talking about for a long time. For everyone else, here’s a short explanation: Objects, buildings or even whole sites can be recorded digitally using stationary and mobile laser scanners on the ground as well as air-borne drones. The data is translated into a point cloud on a computer, from which […]

“The reporting app needs to be easily accessible in employees' everyday lives. Then we can see that more people report incidents," says Jan Eriksson , acting Head of Safety at Implenia Sweden. One step in the process of getting more people to report incidents has been to simplify the process and number of options in the app. “Now it's so easy, anyone should be able to quickly […]

However, beyond just the startup companies, what are some of the growing megatrends for construction industry innovation? I see three megatrends that are ready for application on infrastructure and building projects today. 1 Artificial intelligence The first is the application of classic artificial intelligence to create expert systems and augment the knowledge of construction […]